Some 860 families from various indigenous minorities lived for generations near the rivers in northeast Cambodia until a Chinese-backed dam flooded the area.
As climate change raises sea levels, salty ocean water is pushing its way inland. That's ruining valuable farmland around the world. VOA Khmer's Phy Sopheada narrates.
Hun Vannak, a campaigner with environmental NGO Mother Nature, was imprisoned after challenging a well-connected company.
Panel attacks myth of sustainable hydropower after the catastrophic collapse of an auxiliary dam in southern Laos
George Edgar, EU ambassador to Cambodia, said in a statement to VOA on Monday that the issues raised by NGOs had been noted by the EU, but added that an EU FLEGT licensing scheme was in place to ensure only legally harvested timber made its way into the supply chain.
In a statement last week, the NGOs said the EU should not sign a proposed Voluntary Partnership Agreement due to continued illegal logging.
Plastic pollution floating in our seas is creating huge environment hazards, polluting our oceans and killing animals like seabirds and marine life. VOA Khmer's Sreng Leakhena narrates.
Officials sought INTERPOL intervention to investigate illegal timber smuggling.
According to Joint Typhoon Warning Center, storm is expected to weaken over next 72 hours and hit Ruyuku Islands.
A statement from Save the Mekong, released last week during a meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in Vientiane, Laos, claimed that a large portion of the impact assessment was taken from the 2015 Pak Beng assessment.
Embarrassing revelation comes as Mekong countries meet to debate the new project.
As China pushes its Belt and Road Initiative across Asia to strengthen its economic links with new transport routes, the Mekong River faces possible irreversible changes.
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